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Originally Posted by Barbara
woo hoo!!!  we're getting dolphin pics! and great white shark pics! and mola mola and other BIG fish pics!!!!! AND it their own thread  ......can't wait!!! thanks!
........ so how many of the great whites do you usually get to tag with transmitters? how many are you currently following now? .........very cool "work" Heinz...you are very fortunate  |
Unfortunately, the number of white sharks in South Africas coast, the wear a GPS transmitter, is still relatively low. This time we hope to be able about 20 - 30 more sharks to equippe with a transmitter . It's actually not a true GPS transmitter, because it does not transmit its data to the GPS satellite but to a satellite of the 'Argos' series.
There are other groups doing the same, for example in New Zealand, Mexico, Australia and the USA. This increases the number of "chipped" Sharks relative fast. Most, however, we are chipping in South Africa, since there is found the world's largest number of White Sharks.
For example, a transmitter work fors about 1 years, some only 9 -10 months and it costs about 3000 Euro, as our financial resources are extremely limited, the chipping of a larger number of sharks are simply impossible.
by the way ....this is a so called "Shark-Tracker".
